{"id":901,"date":"2010-12-06T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2010\/12\/james-franco-and-the-adderall-diaries.html"},"modified":"2010-12-06T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T20:08:00","slug":"james-franco-and-the-adderall-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2010\/12\/james-franco-and-the-adderall-diaries.html","title":{"rendered":"James Franco and The Adderall Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONE of the best and most unpredictable memoirs I’ve read in years is The Adderall Diaries, which is a weird hybrid of a murder trial, S&M chronicle, and document of drug abuse. I just bumped into its author, Stephen Elliott, who is a far more level guy than you’d expect given that previous description, at the local coffee shop. Elliott, who’s an editor at the excellent literary site The Rumpus<\/a>, is in town for\u00a0a reading of an anthology of Rumpus Women: Personal Essays By Women<\/i>\u00a0Tuesday night<\/a> at the Traveler’s Bookshelf on 3rd St. (He tells me the event will include a brief performance by Jill Sobule.)<\/p>\n

<\/a>Anyway, Elliott mentioned that actor James Franco — who I will always think of as the tough kid from Freaks and Geeks <\/i>despite his more high profile appearances\u00a0— has optioned<\/a> the book for film adaptation. (Franco, tentatively, will both direct and appear in the film.)<\/p>\n

I met Elliott in LA last year to discuss his memoir — HERE<\/a> is the ensuing LA Times piece.<\/p>\n

The author enjoyed working with Franco, who is course a writer himself and has a recent book of deadpan short stories that have gotten mixed reviews. “He’s making a serious attempt to be an artist,” Elliott says. “Which is all you can do. There’s an integrity to him.”<\/p>\n

Elliott adapted the script — calling it “the easiest thing I’ve ever done.” He’s hot to write more scripts now.<\/p>\n

All kinds of things get optioned and never see daylight, but we’re optimistic about Franco these days. We’ll keep our eye on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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